Skill Proficiencies: Investigation and Deception, Insight, History, Nature, Medicine or Religion. I'm a newer DM but have a good sense for most all of the general rules and styles of dnd and would like to run the Curse of Strahd. Choose one from the Forgotten Realms or Non-human Deity list in thePlayers Handbook or the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide (you can use a SCAG deity even if it isnt otherwise a valid rules source). Additional gothic trinkets are available in Curse of Strahd appendix A for those using that rules source. It is generally recommended you choose a faction for your character. May substitute thieves tools proficiency with hacking tools proficiency. You do not roll for starting wealth. An edited form of these livestream play sessions will also be. Language: Any one. 0000077494 00000 n Skill proficiencies: Pick two from Occult, History, Religion, Nature, Medicine or Investigation. The module contains everything you need to run Curse of Strahd. Starting Equipment: Backpack, small knife, street clothes, Wealth 1. Recommended domains: Any, You have been possessed by a celestial, fiendish or fey spirit that is granting you unusual abilities for some unknown purpose. Creeping Fog is perhaps the easiest lead into Death House if you deposit your player characters near the village of Barovia, but also the least ceremonious. I'm a new DM and new to D&D in general (my only D&D experience is watching all of Dimension 20 and DMing LMoP and a short homebrew) and I've started reading Curse of Strahd in order to DM it. Talk to your local organiser about helping out! The material components in her summoning spell are an oat milk latte and a high fantasy novel. Press J to jump to the feed. If you dont have a healer (or they dont have that ability yet, like paladins or rangers), consider adding a potion of healing or two to the hidden room in the library. ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} If you pick a Fighting Style your character has no experience with, its assumed hes just a prodigy and will discover his natural abilities when he first wields the appropriate weapon. . Acolyte- You may serve a church or temple of a real-world religion, work with a druidic or wiccan circle, or be part of a cult that worships something from D&D lore. Redneck- Youre from a rural small-town, and dont leave it very often. game on twitch/youtube. Skipping the occasional meal or good nights sleep is not particularly detrimental to you. A lot of DMs will go by the book and make the people of Barovia weary/unwelcoming to non human/human passing races, so if this is something you want to utilise, tell the players they won't have a great time playing beast races etc. Monk: While monks focus on martial arts, they have several abilities that can be considered magical. Your characters' real world histories will come into play in the game. Or as a hobby. Cosmetic wings from the Appearance variant that dont grant a fly speed are fine. Recommended favored enemy: Aberrations, Beasts, Fey, Plants or Undead (depending on the nature of your organization). Wallet with Wealth d4. Barovia is an ironic twist of Strahds desires where the people and land itself act out an endless cycle of despair and horror, and by defeating Strahd they may only save Barovia for a short period of time. Encounters. Great resource in Curse of Strahd. Play games anywhere. Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Athletics or Investigation. Some certification may lift some of the limitations or provide additional options. Homebrew. Monsters. Ascendant campaigns can view previous versions of their pages, see what has changed (and who did it), and even restore old versions. Only stipulation stats wise, is I cant start with a stat higher than 18 after racial bonuses. Factions are likely to take a lesser part of the Curse of Strahd storyline, but are still important if you play through adventures from other seasons. Starting Equipment: Street clothes, cell phone, laptop/tablet computer or notebook and pens. Roll for your trinket on the Curse of Strahd table Character Build Page Curse of Strahd maceochaid maceochaid maceochaid 2016-06-10T17:04:00Z 2016-07-14T03:38:08Z Its title? The Curse of Strahd is not really about the characters, but more about the events they are facing, am I right? 0000011202 00000 n ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} Starting Equipment: Street clothes, insignia of rank or VA card, car or truck, cell phone, wallet with ID and Wealth d4. Whether you choose to roll randomly or to pick your inheritance, your inheritance can be entirely mundane or possess a minor magical quirk. Last Update: May 15, 2016 15:12. oh, and grats on RC, Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen (December 6, 2022), Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (Available now), Journeys through the Radiant Citadel (Available now). All classes in the Player's Handbook are available. Your character may know about the occult world or they may not, but if they do your backstory should specify why. Baron Vargas Vallakovich is the burgomaster of Vallaki, and credits his extreme ruling methods as keeping Strahd out of the territory. All characters must be human, no exceptions. Strahd is the Darklord whose dominion is Barovia, but beyond him are the Dark Powers, the omnipotent and immortal beings that control the Mists of Ravenloft and all of the Domains of Dread, each housing its own horrible Darklord. Your research has discovered patterns in the stories that seem to have unusual effects on others. Sorcerer Origin:Inner Darkness, New Background Options Good slap-bandage for making sure that wherever the party develops a hole, you're good to patch it up. Recommended archetype: Hunter, Youre a hunter of animals, either for food or sport. This particular subclass goes great with the Haunted One background found in the Curse of Strahd Character Options online supplement. 0000087001 00000 n CURSE OF STRAHD PLAYER GUIDE. Tool Proficiencies: Appropriate artisans tools. Dynamic lighting and the Jukebox are your best friends in a horror game. If you want to have some fun with it, let them come up with their own stories and do some collaborative world-building. The story origin you choose limits your character creation and advancement options. H\n0E|"Cb !)CMRb,C}=34:_3(7i0wA\HzG]8/0BWBaq$;_aoM,>/w;D0B{;1V 8O19)%|moIxJQSF`l]U O8I62pFyaMx^! ?-5TgL=i8!XCgpB&OXGr~uB9_+#9#Sdy%WTgO{q~g? It grants you unusual abilities that you may or may not be aware of. An Order of the Ghostslayer blood hunter could be a fun tale, though if the paladin leaves it would leave your group very light on recovery abilities. Filters PC NPC PLAYER CHARACTERS Azuron Soheil. Here are some ideas: JavaScript is currently disabled. 978-0786965984: Curse of Strahd is an adventure book for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Haunted One, New Language Option: Patterna(the language of the Vistani). ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}.icon._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:8px}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} It has also been updated to reflect Wizards of the Coasts June 2020 errata. This article is for first-time Curse of Strahd dungeon masters to act as a sort of Barovia for Beginners to help you build immersion and enable fun for your players in Ravenloft. Any Domain of Dread is a fascinating setting for an adventure; each is a limited sandbox for player characters to explore encompassed by the Mists. Character Names It can be a creation of yours, the Forgotten Realms, or something else. Recommended college: Either, You have fey ancestry, granting you both unusual musical and magical ability. One of my fellow players is taking his hand at DMing with Curse of Strahd and I am torn between being a Goliath Barbarian vs a Halfling Monk. We'd love to know what questions or ideas you have in looking at adapting published campaigns for your own duet games! car, crowbar or other equipment needed to break into an abandoned house, burner phone. The Winged variant giving a fly speed for tieflings is not legal. Note that you will not start with your proficient tool, as they are not real-world medical items. Recommended path: Battle Master, You have some kind of supernatural ancestry, or you encountered something supernatural in your past that granted you magical ability. Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Persuasion or Performance. example: Your character mightknow that the Wizards of Krynn havedeveloped dark magics thattaint dragon eggs, or that the world of Eberron has great flying ships powered by elementals. Bumping up HP and AC are obvious first choices, but giving him access to a mythic action and regenerated health after initially being reduced to zero may be more fun for your players (and mimics the final form video game boss experience players may be familiar with from other Dracula-inspired vampires). . 0000009186 00000 n Curse Of Strahd is one of the best campaigns for Dungeons & Dragons. "Death House" will run your player characters through levels 1-3 if they survive. Wallet with ID and Wealth d4. you will have instant access to your previous versions. Where do you originate? The primary source for the rules is the D&D Adventurers League Players Guide Curse of Strahd. Any changes are listed below. Some ideas are below: Druid: Any kind of real-world pagan religion could be a background for a druid. The PC party is already established, your character's background should take this into account. If you really want more information than you could ever use on the Forgotten Realms, do a Google search for "Forgotten Realms wiki." At present, legal adventures (and where you can play them) are as follows: You can find a list of the D&D Expeditions adventures on my individual season pages. DMs and players can decide whether or not to start with it, but either way, players will enter Barovia proper at level three. Lighting splits the clouds overhead, casting stark white light across him. The Curse of Strahd is not really about the characters, but more about the events they are facing, am I right? 0000041017 00000 n Theres so much lore, however, some people may find it a bit overwhelming and difficult to decide what's pertinent or important. .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} This time, it was clear that Patrina craved Strahd's power and that Strahd would. Even if your character knows nothing of druidics and magic when starting the adventure, they should still have some wilderness experience or affinity. Ranger: A ranger should have some experience with tracking and survival in his background, but this doesnt have to be wilderness experience. Starting Equipment: Appropriate holy symbol, appropriate prayer book or equivalent, vestments or street clothing, cell phone, wallet with ID and Wealth d2. Members of the Zhentarim or Lords Alliance may choose to be Lawful Evil. Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Investigation or Animal Handling. This is a great lead into Death House, with little additional work required. Setting Guides. 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Characters gain renown through completing missions for their factions, which allows additional opportunities for your characters. We are playing through the new Curse of Strahd adventure for D&D. We play every Thursday from 3:30 - 7:30 pm Pacific time. The module also includes the Tarokka card decks using the Roll20 interface to shuffle and deal, as well as the deck of illusions, which appears in the adventure. 0000078574 00000 n Im open to any suggestions for characters though, even as far as subclasses and stuff. 0000015489 00000 n The five factions are: You may find your faction sending you on special or secret missions during adventures. You are not limited to just choosing the current season; all characters, regardless of story origin, may play in any legal D&D Adventurers League adventure. SeeSage,SailorandUrchinfor Characteristic ideas. Starting Equipment: Street clothes, lighter, cell phone, truck, tool or gaming set, wallet with Wealth d4. Updated: Editied based on the Unearthed Arcana: Ranger Rework. Druids are also good for ancestry abilities, as the Land circles provide a lot of options for different bloodlines. Background information to help ready new . Since your character is from the real world, if you choose a class with unusual abilities, you should justify these abilities in your backstory somehow. 0000024241 00000 n All player character races and classes found in both the Player's Handbook and Volo's Guide to Monsters are allowed in this campaign, in addition to the custom options defined below. A few races are mentioned in the guide whose full statistics appear in another source (Aasimar and Genasi): you may not play those races without legal documentation. The following rules options are either not allowed, or are restricted in some way: The Winged variant granting a fly speed for tieflings is not legal for D&D Adventurers League play. Just in case someone or something tries to push them down the stairs. Home Page; Adventure Log; Wiki; Characters; Maps; Character Quick Search. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Check back in for post #2, character creation for Curse of Strahd! Dont forget cosmetic spell modifications (outlined in chapter 2). trailer <<5DDAB1D2037E4EE3B64407F93A2A4750>]/Prev 118261>> startxref 0 %%EOF 89 0 obj <>stream No-one can be Neutral Evil or Chaotic Evil. Why you shouldn't start ANOTHER thread about DDB not giving away free redeems on your hardcopy book purchases. table in the Dungeon Masters Guide. H\n0} NCj"wf|YoB75f6S7;B6/M5tmx{9 >*/w~/sL=?0,$T|*i/oe? By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. 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Encourage and reward creative problem-solving. If you wish to make finding the tome more exciting, you can have the tome grant the following trait to anyone who attunes to it. Acting, storytelling, and oration are all valid performance abilities. A.m];l|{8NSy'c38 L[4LFx,6uSfJY+K(|d> Sr^s 8ca&WlnukFM^_ w endstream endobj 27 0 obj <> endobj 28 0 obj <>stream Yeah I have narrowed it down to celestial tomelock or hexblade tomelock. All races in the Players Handbookare legal. People just really seem to like following you. D&D fans, meet horror fans. U+u4UXV;T*mF~VKZZ5 x. Feature:Researcher(Sagebackground) The first one, Death House, is available to play at participating stores. With Roll20 as your virtual tabletop, your adventures are limitless. Even so, multiple encounters could TPK your party in one round, especially if they run away through the territory of another creature. Recommended circle: Land (underdark), You were always a jock, star athlete, all that jazz. Whatever it was granted you strange, uncontrollable abilities. Its worth considering leveling up Strahds Enemy (the partys ally from the Tarokka reading) and any NPC tagalongs alongside the characters. If youre interested in online play, heres the official facebook group:D&D Adventurers League Online Play. She writes and edits D&D 5e and independent TTRPG adventures, rulebooks, and supplements in her free time. Artificer, Paladin, and Druid all have solid healing options, so your party's not hurting for healing or support. The first step to creating a character to play in the Curse of Strahd season is to choose a story origin. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} We think you'll have a much more enjoyable experience. You are not limited to just choosing the current season; all characters, regardless of story origin, may play in any legal D&D Adventurers League adventure. Character Creation Rolling up your Character Roll 4d6 and discard the lowest number, 6 times and assign to abilities as you prefer. These are the official backgrounds available. All characters must be human, no exceptions. 0000078125 00000 n Read this first to learn why you shouldn't! Post in the comments below! Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Its time for the fourth season of theD&D Adventurers Leagueto begin. If you pick a Fighting Style your character has no experience with, its assumed hes just a prodigy and will discover his natural abilities when he first wields the appropriate weapon. On the way back to town, a dire wolf attacked Izek and bit off his right arm. Decent emergency healing, the warlock's useful sustained damage capabilities, and all the flexibility that comes with Invocations. The main themes of Curse of Strahd are being isolated and stuck in a strange, scary, and unforgiving place, trying to survive, and trying to escape. Bio: Izek and his sister were born in Vallaki. Warforged, New Classes A supernatural ancestry can explain why you were chosen by said force, but cannot be the sole explanation for your abilities. Keeping level 1 characters alive is no small task, and "Death House" monsters have high armor classes and hit hard. For mood setting during play, we used a few different soundtracks from Syrinscape last night, which was awesome! Some ideas are below: Paladin: Like clerics, paladins must be beholden to an outside force to receive their abilities. 0000028025 00000 n Set in the realm of Barovia, a Domain Of Dread within Ravenloft, your players find themselves transported here and trapped. They add so much to the atmosphere of creeping down a hallway or a climactic trek to a forbidden mountain temple. Note: Choice of Fighting Style may be deferred until 3rd level at players discretion. The available backgrounds are listed below. The False Identity feature only allows you to copy handwriting if you are proficient with a forgery kit. 0000041323 00000 n You can gain experience points by playing adventures. Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, their respective logos, and all Wizards titles and characters are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. Skill Proficiencies: Pick two from Athletics, Animal Handling, Nature and Survival. Recommended patron: Any, At a desperate time in your life, you sold your service to a supernatural entity in exchange for a favor. Player characters who areRavenloft Natives(usually human, but occasionallyelven, half-elven, halfling,dwarven, and tiefling) have access to common Barovian Lore and other information relevant to life in the Demiplane of Dread. I havent picked a class yet but already rolled stats and rolled amazing. Medic- You might be an EMT, a combat medic, or a trauma surgeon, but you know how to fix people and keep calm in bad situations. Define in your backstory how you came by this knowledge, and what pushed you to seek more of it. All rights reserved. -or- You can use this standard array (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) and assign them to the abilities you choose. if your small-town sheriff is super good at hunting aberrations in the Underdark, I want to know why). She was taken to Sigil by the Vistani, where she grew up. Whichever method you choose, these numbers will then be adjusted based on your character's race. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/TopicLinksContainer.3b33fc17a17cec1345d4_.css.map*/Where they come from is honestly not super important because they will be leaving that setting behind for the entirety of the campaign, and they'll be trapped in Barovia until they either kill Strahd or all die. [] Punctuate your horror tales with moments of relief, comedy, and fortuitous consequences. If the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide is a legal source for you, the following restrictions apply: Most characters in theForgotten Realmsfollow a deity. H\n0l/)BJ\AHL+m$|~lq~6!_[92wwwi,Ou}8YWZn6xY#>ll&?_|MakS*o%ia?7r_R{6}Z-]`1k*EIL~+_[Z\+rdvd5XVccc,g9wys 5rk"E/"EA/_g>=m(zQ:+ The Dark Powers delight in tormenting villains as much as they do innocents, the Mists equally confound both predators and prey, and Darklords frequently exhibit hubris or other exploitable flaws. You should place your group on a world of your choice. The dark realm of the vampire Strahd is an extradimensional demiplane, created by the Dark Powers and encompassing the land of Barovia. 0000009432 00000 n So Im rolling up a new character. Their tiefling sorceress is the twin of the burgermaster's henchman, niece to the evil diabolist lady. Finding a pdf copy of the PHB isn't hard, or if you're interested in a particular class, ask me and I'll run down your options with you. If you pick a Fighting Style your character has no experience with, its assumed hes just a prodigy and will discover his natural abilities when he first wields the appropriate weapon. Anti-Paladin ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} Im not partial towards playing any class, more looking to fill a role or a hole in the party. Recommended archetype: Beast Master, You are a thief! JavaScript is currently disabled. Read this first to learn why you shouldn't. Ravenloft is a pocket dimension, and travelers from all worlds can end up there. Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit, Poisoners Kit or Alchemists Tools. Scholar(AsSage) Youve spent your life acquiring knowledge. These include changes like undead familiars and steeds as well as alarm screams and ominous telepathic eavesdropping. Recommended archetype: Thief or Assassin. 0000010688 00000 n Or maybe youre just in good physical shape and can keep your cool in a fight. 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